Main Street Safety Project Online Open House #2 Extended through April 30

COVID-19 is Impacting All of Us

COVID-19 has rapidly changed the way many of us work, live and interact with each other. Not only is this a stressful time for people throughout the State, we understand that this is putting a tremendous economic strain on Springfield’s residents, businesses and property owners. 

The rapidly changing events around us will affect everyone in our community. The City of Springfield remains committed to ensuring that our community will emerge from this ready to bounce back. Our City offices may be closed, but we’re still working for you and the future of Springfield. 

Project Adjusts Community Engagement to Meet Public Health Needs

With that in mind, we know that safety continues to be a key concern in our community. While the timelines for our projects may change, we want to continue to work toward building a safer Main Street for all, and continue to support the businesses that help make up our vital economic community. 

Online Open House #2 – Feedback Opportunity Still Available

In early March, the project team launched the second online open house for the Main Street Safety Planning project. This online open house is gathering community feedback on possible infrastructure elements to address the safety problem on Main Street. These include raised medians, intersection control, bicycle lanes, sidewalk improvements and Enhanced Corridor transit. 

Even as we maintain physical distance from each other, there are still ways for you to engage with the future of Main Street if you are able and interested to do so. Our Online Open House has been taking your feedback for the last few weeks, and as many of us remain at home, the City has extended this engagement opportunity. 

If you have not already, we encourage you to participate by watching two videos, reviewing information about each possible infrastructure element and responding to questions about each element. You can spend as much time as you want to learn about each infrastructure element, explore linked information, and provide your feedback. On average, it will take approximately 15 minutes to view the videos and fill out the questions. Your feedback is important to the success of the project and we encourage you to participate! We thank you for your feedback.

Click on the image or click here to go to Online Open House #2.

Stay safe and healthy, and please reach out if you have additional questions or concerns.

Stay Informed

If you know others who would like to be informed about the Main Street Safety Project and receive email updates, please send them to this link to sign up: http://mainstreetsafety.org.

For additional information please visit http://mainstreetsafety.org.

Project Contact

Molly Markarian 
Main Street Safety Project
Project Manager
mmarkarian@springfield-or.gov
541.726.4611

Project Purpose

Springfield’s Main Street is consistently ranked as one of the most unsafe city streets in Oregon based on the severity and frequency of traffic crashes. The Oregon Department of Transportation and the City must address this problem to save lives, reduce injuries, and lessen property damage due to crashes. The purpose of the Main Street Safety Project is to select infrastructure solutions that will make Main Street safer for people walking, biking, driving, and taking transit.
The selected safety improvements will provide for the movement of goods and people, support the economic viability of the corridor, accommodate current bus service and future transit solutions, and complement traffic safety education and enforcement.